Testimonial objects, private-public spaces and the inheritance of stories as mechanisms for recovering memory in Chilean Electric

Authors

  • Patricia Lizeth Juárez Silva Universidad de Guadalajara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/revistaargos.v13.n31.e0181

Keywords:

búsqueda, evocación, giro subjetivo, objetos testimoniales

Abstract

This paper analyzes the novel Chilean Electric, written by Nona Fernández, with the purpose of observing the mnemonic mechanisms used by the author to recover memory in its historical context, which are: testimonial objects, private-public spaces and the inheritance of stories. For the elaboration of this work, concepts taken from Paul Ricoeur’s Memory, History, Forgetting, such as evocation, search, recollection, and reminding, as well as from Beatriz Sarlo’s Past Times: Culture of Memory and the Subjective Turn. The result of this work is that the author problematizes the consequences of a damaged memory, the narrative gaps, and recovers the mnemonic mechanisms with which it can be saved from oblivion.

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Published

2025-12-27

How to Cite

Juárez Silva, P. L. (2025). Testimonial objects, private-public spaces and the inheritance of stories as mechanisms for recovering memory in Chilean Electric. Argos Journal, 13(31), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.32870/revistaargos.v13.n31.e0181

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 31 (2026): January-June

Section

Literary discussion

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Copyright (c) 2025 Patricia Lizeth Juárez Silva

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